From the abstract "We have been working on various aspects of the ecology, behaviour and acoustics of the Speckled Bush-cricket for several decades and reckon we have seen over 500 matings, both in the lab and in the field"!
Thanks for the link.
I also read that the Speckled Bush-cricket can be found 'perched motionless' which probably accounts for the ease I had capturing it on my phone.
Nice photos - that one is a male Speckled Bush-cricket.
You can read all about it here
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344787248_The_Speckled_Bush-cricket_-an_unusual_orthopteran
From the abstract "We have been working on various aspects of the ecology, behaviour and acoustics of the Speckled Bush-cricket for several decades and reckon we have seen over 500 matings, both in the lab and in the field"!